Lecturer Subject of Discourse Date and Place 1861. Manchester Prof. W. A. Miller, M.A., F.R.S. Spectrum Analysis. 1862. Cambridge Prof. Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S. The Forms and Action of Water. The Chemistry of the Galvanic Bat- The Balloon Ascents made for the The Chemical Action of Light. 1866. Nottingham, William Huggins, F.R.S....... The results of Spectrum Analysis applied to Heavenly Bodies. Dr. J. D. Hooker, F.R.S....... Insular Floras. 1867. Dundee...... Archibald Geikie, F.R.S....... The Geological Origin of the present Dr. W. Odling, F.R.S. J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S. .. 1870. Liverpool... Prof. J. Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S. Prof.W. J. Macquorn Rankine, 1871. Edinburgh F. A. Abel, F.R.S................... E. B. Tylor, F.R.S. Scenery of Scotland. The present state of Knowledge re- Reverse Chemical Actions. The Physical Constitution of the The Scientific Use of the Imagina- Stream-lines and Waves, in connec tion with Naval Architecture. Some Recent Investigations and Applications of Explosive Agents. The Relation of Primitive to Modern Civilisation. 1872. Brighton ... Prof. P. Martin Duncan, M.B., Insect Metamorphosis. Date and Place 1880. Swansea ... Prof.W.Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S. Primeval Man. Francis Galton, F.E.S.......... 1881. York......... Prof. Huxley, Sec. R.S. Mental Imagery. The Rise and Progress of Palæontology. The Electric Discharge, its Forms and its Functions. Tides. Pelagic Life. Recent Researches on the Distance of the Sun. Galvanic and Animal Electricity. The Modern Microscope in Researches on the Least and Lowest Forms of Life. The Electric Light and Atmospheric The Great Ocean Basins. The Sense of Hearing. The Rate of Explosions in Gases. 1889. Newcastle Prof. W. C. Roberts-Austen, The Hardening and Tempering of upon-Tyne 1890. Leeds 1891. Cardiff F.R.S. Steel. Walter Gardiner, M.A......... How Plants maintain themselves in the Struggle for Existence. Mimicry. E. B. Poulton, M,A., F.R.S.... Prof. C. Vernon Boys, F.R.S. Prof. L. C. Miall, F.L.S., F.G.S. Date and Place Lecturer Subject of Discours e 1902. Belfast Prof. J. J. Thomson, F.R.S.... Becquerel Rays and Radio-activity. Prof. W. F. R. Weldon, F.R.S. Inheritance. 1903. Southport Dr. R. Munro Dr. A. Rowe Man as Artist and Sportsman in the Palæolithic Period. The Old Chalk Sea, and some of its Teachings. LECTURES TO THE OPERATIVE CLASSES. Date and Place Lecturer Subject of Discourse 1867. Dundee...... Prof. J. Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S. Matter and Force. 1870. Liverpool... SirJohn Lubbock, Bart.,F.R.S. Savages. 1874. Belfast 1875. Bristol 1876. Glasgow ... ... Prof. Odling, F.R.S... Dr. W. B. Carpenter, F.R.S. Sunshine, Sea, and Sky. The Discovery of Oxygen. Commander Cameron, C.B.... | A Journey through Africa. Prof. J. Perry, D.Sc., F.R.S. Prof. S. P. Thompson, F.R.S. 1892. Edinburgh Prof. C. Vernon Boys, F.R.S. 1893. Nottingham Prof. Vivian B. Lewes.. 1894. Oxford...... Prof. W. J. Sollas, F.R.S. 1895. Ipswich Dr. A. H. Fison. ... ... 1896. Liverpool... Prof. J. A. Fleming, F.R.S.... The Earth a Great Magnet. 1897. Toronto OFFICERS OF SECTIONAL COMMITTEES PRESENT AT THE SOUTHPORT MEETING. SECTION A. -MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. President.-Charles Vernon Boys, F.R.S. Vice-Presidents.-Prof. L. Boltzmann; Prof. O. Henrici, F.R.S.; Principal Griffiths, F.R.S.; Prof. E. Mascart; Prof. Simon Newcomb; Dr. W. N. Shaw, F.R.S.; Prof. H. H. Turner, F.R.S. Secretaries.-D. E. Benson; A. R. Hinks, M.A.; R. W. H. T. Hudson, M.A.; C. H. Lees, D.Sc. (Recorder); J. Loton, M.A.; A. W. Porter, B.Sc. SECTION B.-CHEMISTRY. President.-Prof. Walter Noel Hartley, D.Sc., F.R.S. Vice-Presidents.-Prof. J. Campbell Brown, D.Sc. ; Prof. E. Divers, F.R.S.; Prof. F. Stanley Kipping, F.R.S.; Prof. Sydney Young, F.R.S. Secretaries.-M. O. Forster, Ph.D.; Prof. G. G. Henderson, D.Sc.; James Ohm, M.A.; Prof. W. J. Pope, F.R.S. (Recorder). President.-Prof. W. W. Watts, M.A., M.Sc. Vice-Presidents.-Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S.; G. W. Lamplugh; Clement Reid, F.R.S.; A. S. Woodward, F.R.S. Secretaries.-H. L. Bowman, M.A.; Rev. W. L. Carter, M.A.; J. Lomas; H. W. Monckton (Recorder). SECTION D.-ZOOLOGY. President.-Prof. Sydney J. Hickson, F.R.S. Vice-Presidents.-F. E. Beddard, F.R.S.; J. Stanley Gardiner, M.A.; Prof. G. B. Howes, F.R.S.; D. Sharp, F.R.S. Secretaries.-J. H. Ashworth, D.Sc.; J. Barcroft, M.A., B.Sc.; Alfred Quayle; J. Y. Simpson, D.Sc. (Recorder); H. W. Marett Tims, M.D. SECTION E.-GEOGRAPHY. President. Capt. Ettrick W. Creak, R.N., C.B., F.R.S. Vice-Presidents.-Tempest Anderson, M.D.; H. R. Mill, D.Sc.; Commander D. Wilson-Barker, R.N.R., F.R.S.E. Secretaries.-Edward Heawood, M.A. (Recorder); A. J. Herbertson; E. A. Reeves; Capt. J. C. Underwood. SECTION F. ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. President.- Edward W. Brabrook, C.B. Vice-Presidents.-E. Cannan, LL.D.; Sir Robert Giffen, K.C.B., F.R.S.; Sir Bosdin T. Leech. Secretaries.—A. L. Bowley, M.A. (Recorder); Prof. S. J. Chapman, M.A.; B. W. Ginsburg, M.A., LL.D.; George Lloyd. SECTION G.-ENGINEERING. President.-C. Hawksley, M. Inst.C.E. Vice-Presidents.-Prof. J. Perry, F.R.S.; Capt. H. Riall Sankey, R.A.; Sir J. I. Thorneycroft, F.R.S. Secretaries.-Prof. W. E. Dalby, M.A.; W. T. Maccall, M.Sc.; W. A. Price, M.A. (Recorder). SECTION H.-ANTHROPOLOGY. President.-Prof. Johnson Symington, M.D., F.R.S., F.R.S.E. Vice-Presidents.-H. Balfour, M.A.; E. Sydney Hartland; Prof. W. Ridgeway, M.A. Secretaries.-E. N. Fallaize, M.A.; H. S. Kingsford, B.A.; R. M Littler, F.R.C.S.; J. L. Myres, M.A. (Recorder). SECTION K, BOTANY. President.-Albert Charles Seward, M.A., F.R.S. Vice-Presidents.-Prof. R. J. Harvey Gibson, M.A.; Prof. J. R. Green, F.R.S.; Prof. H. Marshall Ward, F.R.S. Secretaries. Henry Ball; A. G. Tansley, M.A.; Harold Wager (Recorder); R. H. Yapp, M.A. President.-Sir William de W. Abney, K.C.B., F.R.S. Vice-Presidents.-Prof. H. E. Armstrong, F.R.S.; H. W. Eve, M.A.; J. L. Holland, B.A.; Sir Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S. Secretaries.-Prof. R. A. Gregory; W. M. Heller, B.Sc. (Recorder); C. W. Kimmins, D.Sc.; H. Lloyd Snape, D.Sc. |